[sdiy] PCB/Schematic software

[Stewart Pye]

Hi David,

Open Office may lack some of the features that MS Office has, but When I 
started using it 6+ years ago I found it easier to use than MS Office 
(having not used office software much). All four of us use Open Office 
at the company where I work and have not found any limitations doing 
spreadsheets and text documents.

Open Office was based on Star Office IIRC...

Regards,
Stewart.


David G Dixon wrote:
>> The open source community develops the software that they 
>> need. The developers being users as well understand exactly 
>> what is required. This model works because it : 
>>
>> + provides a community to support and train users users tell 
>> others in 
>> + their profession and the word spreads users have the source 
>> code and 
>> + can modify it their requirements cuts out software piracy 
>> challenges 
>> + the need for software patents
>>
>>
>> I discovered Linux in 1995 and having been using it ever 
>> since. however I also use Apple Macs for music and web and MS 
>> Windows for music.There is a staggering amount of good 
>> quality free (as in free beer) software available for Linux 
>> and some of it like Inkscape (vector graphics- like Adobe 
>> Illustrator) Gnu Gimp (pixels - like Photoshop) and Open 
>> Office (like MS Office) run on all three of these platforms.
>>     
>
> Sounds great.  As I said, if you're young, probably unmarried, almost
> certainly unburdened by children or homeownership, then working for next to
> nothing on stuff that you're passionate about is a great way of life (one
> that I envy, frankly).
>
> Having said that, I must say that I've been somewhat less than impressed
> with Open Office (which my wife has on her PC).  It has far less
> functionality than MS Office.  In fact, I can't think of a single
> "professional" person of my acquaintance who doesn't use MS Office.
>
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